A collection of images from the nineteenth-century photographer who trundled his heavy equipment up one peak after another and inspired Ansel Adams features scenes from the Caucasus, Alaska's St. Elias Range, Africa's Ruwenzori, the Alps, and the Himalayas.
David Brower Libros
David Ross Brower fue un destacado ecologista y fundador de numerosas organizaciones ambientales. En su juventud, fue un montañista notable. Estableció la Sierra Club Foundation, el John Muir Institute for Environmental Studies, Friends of the Earth, la League of Conservation Voters, el Earth Island Institute, el North Cascades Conservation Council y las Fate of the Earth Conferences. Ocupando el cargo de primer Director Ejecutivo del Sierra Club de 1952 a 1969, también formó parte de su junta directiva en tres ocasiones. Su activismo y enfoque visionario dejaron una marca imborrable en la conservación del medio ambiente.
The Place No One Knew
Glen Canyon on the Colorado - Commemorative Edition
- 192 páginas
- 7 horas de lectura
Glen Canyon, now Lake Powell, is rediscovered through wonderful color images by Eliott Porter.
The most controversial--and most effective--environmentalist in the world teams up with a critically acclaimed nature writer to review the highs and lows of his 50 years of activism and to prescribe a plan for a green 21st century. Printed on entirely tree-free paper.